Polymetal: Pesherny initial Ore Reserve estimate (1145957)
06 Noviembre 2020 - 01:00AM
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Polymetal International plc (POLY)
Polymetal: Pesherny initial Ore Reserve estimate
06-Nov-2020 / 10:00 MSK
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Date 06 November 2020
Polymetal International plc
Pesherny initial Ore Reserve estimate
Polymetal reports initial Ore Reserve estimate for Pesherny deposit (Voro
hub) of 0.4 Moz of gold.
"Establishing high-grade reserves for Pesherny is an important achievement
in extending Voro's life-of-mine", said Vitaly Nesis, Group CEO of
Polymetal.
HIGHLIGHTS
? The initial JORC-compliant Ore Reserve estimate as at 1 July 2020
comprises 2.1 Mt of ore with an average gold grade of 6.0 g/t containing
399 Koz of gold.
? The reserve estimate assumes 7 years of open-pit and underground mining
which is expected to commence in Q3 2021.
? 90% of the reserves are represented by primary ore which will be
processed at the Voro flotation plant (under construction, start of
production in Q1 2023). Refractory gold concentrate will be treated at
Amursk POX-2. Oxide ore will be processed at the existing Voro CIP plant.
? Life-of-mine production from refractory material is expected to amount
310 Koz of gold. Average annual production in 2023-2027 is estimated at
roughly 55 Koz of gold at AISC of US$ 450-500/oz.
? Mineral Resources (additional to Ore Reserves) amount to 0.5 Mt of ore
with an average gold grade of 6.5 g/t representing 97 Koz of gold
contained.
ORE RESERVE AND MINERAL RESOURCE STATEMENT
The Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates are reported in accordance
with the JORC Code (2012) as at 1 July 2020 using a gold price of US$
1,200/oz and were prepared by Polymetal. For primary ores a cut-off grade of
0.8 g/t and 2.4 g/t gold was applied for open pit and for underground,
respectively. For oxidised ores a cut-off grade of 0.6 g/t of gold was used.
Pesherny Initial Ore Reserve estimate
Ore Reserves Tonnage, Au grade, Au content,
Kt g/t Koz
Probable
Open-pit 1,340 5.4 232
Oxidised ore 210 4.3 28
Primary ore 1,130 5.6 204
Underground 730 7.1 167
Total Probable 2,070 6.0 399
Notes: discrepancies in calculations are due to rounding.
Pesherny Additional Mineral Resource estimate
Mineral Resources (additional to Tonnage, Au grade, Au content,
Ore Reserves)
Kt g/t Koz
Indicated
Underground 90 6.9 21
Total Indicated 90 6.9 21
Inferred
Open-pit 20 2.3 1
Oxidised ore 10 2.0 1
Primary ore 10 3.1 1
Underground 350 6.7 75
Total Inferred 370 6.4 77
Indicated + Inferred
Open-pit 20 2.3 1
Oxidised ore 10 2.0 1
Primary ore 10 3.1 1
Underground 440 6.7 96
Total Indicated + Inferred 460 6.5 97
Notes: discrepancies in calculations are due to rounding.
ABOUT PESHERNY
Pesherny is a refractory gold deposit discovered by Polymetal in 2017. It is
located in Russia's Sverdlovsk region, approximately 10 km from the city of
Krasnoturinsk and 15 km from Polymetal's Voro production site. The
industrialised and moderately populated area around the deposit is home to
several mining companies, ensuring good access to the grid and other
infrastructure.
The deposit lies in the peripheral part of the Turinsky volcanotectonic
depression. Metasomatically altered mineralisation zone is located at the
steep contact area of volcanic-sedimentary rocks with a basalts layer. A
series of gold-containing oxidised and primary ore deposits are detected and
tracked within the mineralisation zone. Plan view the ore zone is stretched
to the north-east, has a strike length of up to 360 m and width of 30-120 m.
Section view it dips to the south-east at an average angle of 68 degrees and
has a length of 330 m with width of 40-70 m. Morphology wise ore bodies have
lens and bedding plane form with contractions and swells and heterogeneous
internal structure. Mineralisation has disseminated and vein-disseminated
characteristics.
Competent persons
This estimate was prepared by employees of JSC Polymetal Management Company
and JSC Polymetal Engineering, led by Mr. Vladislav Kolosov.
Mr. Kolosov is the employed full-time as the Deputy Head of Production
Department at Polymetal Management Company and has more than 20 years'
experience in gold, silver and polymetallic mining. He is a Member of the
Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (MIMMM), London, and a Competent
Person under the JORC Code.
Listed below are Competent Persons employed by the Company that are
responsible for relevant research on which the Mineral Resources and Ore
Reserves estimate is based:
? Geology and Mineral Resources - Andrey Gottman, Chief Operations
Geologist at the Ural branch of Polymetal Management Company, member of
National Association for Natural Resources Expert Appraisal (NAEN), with
20 years' relevant experience;
? Mining and Ore Reserves - Vladislav Kolosov, Deputy Head of Production
Department at Polymetal Management Company, MIMMM, with 20 years' relevant
experience;
? Concentration and Metals - Nikolay Rylov, Head of the Laboratory at
Polymetal Engineering, MIMMM, with 13 years' relevant experience.
All the above-mentioned Competent Persons have sufficient experience that is
relevant to the style of mineralisation and types of deposits under
consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent
Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for
Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves' (JORC
Code).
All Competent Persons have given their consent to the inclusion in the
report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in
which it appears.
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the "Company", or the "Group") is a top-10 global gold producer and top-5
global silver producer with assets in Russia and Kazakhstan. The Company
combines strong growth with a robust dividend yield.
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ISIN: JE00B6T5S470
Category Code: MSCM
TIDM: POLY
Sequence No.: 87330
EQS News ID: 1145957
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